8 Apr
2012
8 Apr
'12
1:44 p.m.
I appreciate your sentiment but writing like Hemingway
won't help here. :)
That last line probably does not come across the way I intended. Ernest Hemingway was
known for short, terse sentences in his writings. A minimalist.
While I tend toward minimalism and efficiency, sometimes an extra word is challenging to
avoid or meaning is lost. I have been providing technical writing services for more than
two decades. Almost always I struggle for appropriate words. Participating in projects
like Trinity and providing technical help in discussion forums has helped me become more
aware that communicating is more challenging than most people admit. This is noticeably
true with translating to other languages.
Darrell